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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 1:19:04 GMT
I tried continuing my old DAI game today. Andraste's arse!! The game performance is horrible, HORRIBLE. It lags like crazy. The animations do not match the conversation. The loading screens take like 10 rl mins. Are you KDING me? The absolute worst is the combat. It is literally unplayable with this quality. What's WRONG with it? Tried rebooting and fixing and such, still horrible. What the heck is that? How did the performance degrade so awfully. I actually cannot play it at present. This is nugshit.
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Post by fylimar on Apr 27, 2019 5:16:36 GMT
I tried continuing my old DAI game today. Andraste's arse!! The game performance is horrible, HORRIBLE. It lags like crazy. The animations do not match the conversation. The loading screens take like 10 rl mins. Are you KDING me? The absolute worst is the combat. It is literally unplayable with this quality. What's WRONG with it? Tried rebooting and fixing and such, still horrible. What the heck is that? How did the performance degrade so awfully. I actually cannot play it at present. This is nugshit. I have the same problem for a while now and it's annoying, since I have two dwarves, one elf and one human that are waiting to finish the game, in IHW during the dialogue with Alexius, it's nearly unplayable
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Post by Iddy on Apr 27, 2019 13:28:32 GMT
Currently trying to trigger the party banter where Cole talks to Solas about the break up with Lavellan.
It's... been a struggle. I've successfully triggered 6 party banters with them so far, but none were about Solavellan.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 14:21:04 GMT
I have the same problem for a while now and it's annoying, since I have two dwarves, one elf and one human that are waiting to finish the game, in IHW during the dialogue with Alexius, it's nearly unplayable I bet anything if I appeal to technical team with this issue they will blame my computer, although the game used to show much better performance if not perfect but at least good enough to play. Personally, I'm guessing some kind of relation to the Keep that hasn't been working either. I bought this game twice, which is so jarring, first basic version and then GOTY, and as a result I am unable to play it.
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Post by fylimar on Apr 27, 2019 15:47:52 GMT
I have the same problem for a while now and it's annoying, since I have two dwarves, one elf and one human that are waiting to finish the game, in IHW during the dialogue with Alexius, it's nearly unplayable I bet anything if I appeal to technical team with this issue they will blame my computer, although the game used to show much better performance if not perfect but at least good enough to play. Personally, I'm guessing some kind of relation to the Keep that hasn't been working either. I bought this game twice, which is so jarring, first basic version and then GOTY, and as a result I am unable to play it. Same here, I had no issues with the game before and now it lags and is often really slow in fighting scenes and dialogues to the point where it is really gamebreaking
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Post by melbella on Apr 27, 2019 16:15:56 GMT
Same here, I had no issues with the game before and now it lags and is often really slow in fighting scenes and dialogues to the point where it is really gamebreaking What if you play in offline mode? I wonder if something weird is going on with Origin/EA servers that is causing problems?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 16:26:32 GMT
What if you play in offline mode? I wonder if something weird is going on with Origin/EA servers that is causing problems? Offline mode? Like turn off connection to the Keep since it's broken anyway? Which settings are those? Origins has been updating all the time recently whenever I turn it on. Those are long and clutzy updates too. Perhaps it is somehow contributing. In any case, I literally cannot play the game. It's not just moderate lag, it's beyond my patience.
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Post by melbella on Apr 27, 2019 16:41:42 GMT
Offline mode? Like turn off connection to the Keep since it's broken anyway? Which settings are those? Open Origin, switch it to offline mode, then start DAI. You won't be able to import a world state from the Keep for a new game, but you should be able to continue an existing PT.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 17:00:19 GMT
Open Origin, switch it to offline mode, then start DAI. You won't be able to import a world state from the Keep for a new game, but you should be able to continue an existing PT. Thank you. Which settings do I need to go into to do the offline mode?
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Post by melbella on Apr 27, 2019 17:02:52 GMT
Which settings do I need to go into to do the offline mode? On the "Origin" menu tab, select "Go offline" No guarantee it will help but it doesn't hurt to try it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2019 17:14:23 GMT
On the "Origin" menu tab, select "Go offline" No guarantee it will help but it doesn't hurt to try it. Oh! I see it! Thanks! I'll try it out. I thought when people talked about it I'd have to turn off my house internet entirely.
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Post by melbella on Apr 27, 2019 18:07:22 GMT
Oh! I see it! Thanks! I'll try it out. The game should work normally but the Golden Nug won't be available (or visible) since it requires syncing with the servers to function. Good luck!
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Post by fylimar on Apr 27, 2019 22:27:41 GMT
Oh! I see it! Thanks! I'll try it out. The game should work normally but the Golden Nug won't be available (or visible) since it requires syncing with the servers to function. Good luck! Thanks, melbella, I will try that, when I'm home again (I'm currently on vacation)
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Post by Sokemis on Apr 28, 2019 3:52:13 GMT
Back to working daily overtime - but finally got to at least start my canon Wardens' playthrough. This is a dual-Wardenverse. Naliea Tabris is my "main Warden" (her game is the one that gets carried through in to my canon in-game worldstate), and Lora Cousland is her co-Warden. Since I did both Origin stories (and got a little a lot ramblingy with them), I'm putting them under two big spoilers to avoid overwhelming the space on the thread. Duncan starts his last-minute run of recruiting in Denerim's Alienage... Shianni woke me up early (I'll never understand how she can be so bright-eyed and lively in the morning). Apparently my husband-to-be has arrived a couple weeks early. I told Shianni that if she was that excited about it, maybe she should marry him. After trying one last (unsuccessful) time to talk Da into calling off the marriage, I decided that I might as well accept it and go see if my other cousin Soris was ready for our double ceremony. Unlike Shianni, Naliea is not a morning person Took my time in searching out Soris, stopping to talk with as many people along the way that I thought I could get away with. The longer I can put off this wedding the better. First group I ran into were the ones that used to try* and bully Soris when we were kids - so I didn't feel bad using their drunken state to trick a few coins out of them. On my way to see my friend Alarith, I ran into Nessa and her parents getting ready to head to the battlefield at Ostagar. Turns out the shem that owns their building sold it, leaving them no choice but to go south in search of work. Nessa was rightfully worried about being around all those soldiers. I convinced her parents to let her stay in the Alienage, telling them that my father offered her a place to stay and would provide for her until they made enough money to return. I should probably tell Da at some point.... After ensuring that Alarith would still be able to attend the ceremony on such short notice, he let me know that his sister Aeowyn** was playing behind the shop. She was playing with one of her friends, pretending to be different human heroes. I told them a story about my mother, changing the name of course*** - I always looked up to her growing up, hopefully now they'll have an elven hero to look up to as well. Met a couple old friends of my mother's. I wish I had more time to spend with them, I have so many questions about my mother that Da either doesn't know or won't answer. We promised to take the time to talk longer after the wedding ceremony. I was talking with an elven man that was left crippled and jobless (left to die really) by his shem employers when Soris caught sight of me and waved me over. I gave the man the coin I conned from the bullies and went over to join Soris. Like it or not, I guess it's about time. * I see Soris as more of a pacifist (which makes his willingness to fight through the estate to save the women that much more impressive in my opinion), however Naliea and Shianni had no reservations growing up when it came to beating up the bullies that picked on him . ** Don't mind me, I just have a couple headcanons about Alarith - that little girl being his little sister being one of them. *** 'Tathas' was totally Adaia's alias, one that Naliea used a couple times herself after her mother's death. The Arl's weasel of a son approached the wedding party about the same time we did - there's no way for this to end well. Soris tried to get me to handle things "diplomatically", but I think if they're going to come into the Alienage looking to cause trouble, they should be prepared to receive some in return. Turns out Shianni and I had similar ideas on how to deal with the shem assholes. After Vaughn's lackeys carried him away, I finally got to meet the man that will be my husband in just under two hours. He seemed nice enough, definitely looking forward to the wedding more than I am. He seemed less than happy when I told him as such. I tried to reassure him that it wasn't him personally I was against, just getting married in general - but he still seemed upset for some reason. Found another shem poking around the Alienage. I wasn't going to back down that he needed to leave as well, and now. But it turns out he is actually a Grey Warden friend of the Hahren and had been given permission to stay... I'll be watching him anyway. Went back home with Shianni to get into our dresses and do my hair. Da was a little surprised when I told him about Nessa, but he agreed that it would be safest place for her. I admit I was hoping that the wedding would get cancelled, or at least postponed, but I didn't mean like this. The last thing I remember hearing as I got knocked out was Nelaros trying to defend me... maybe he's not so bad after all. All right, that human dies! Woke up in a small room in the Arl's estate with the other women in the wedding party. Not good. Really not good. Just as I was about to see if anyone had a hair pin I could use to try and pick the lock, the door opened a the estate's guards entered. Nola was terrified and yelled at the guards to leave her alone - the head guard killed her just like that. The guards took the rest of the women away, but left two to bind me before bringing me along - apparently they think I'll be trouble or something. No idea where they ever would have gotten an idea like that... I don't know where he came from, but Soris has perfect timing, he tossed me a sword (where did he get that from?) and I took no time in cutting down the two guards. Turns out that Grey Warden gave weapons to him and Nelaros (wait, Nelaros is here too?) when they insisted on doing something to rescue us. Of course the shem couldn't actually help him self, but probably patted himself on the back after a sword and crossbow to two men with no fighting experience*. Nelaros didn't stand a chance, we got to him just as the guards killed him - I enjoyed killing those guards in return, especially since one was the one that killed Nola. Nelaros was a better and braver man than I gave him credit for, I can't believe he came after me like that - someone he didn't even know and that wasn't very welcoming to him. Soris and I (mostly I) fought our way through the estate to find the other women, but we weren't quick enough to avoid Shianni getting abused. Vaughn was smart enough to realize he was in trouble, but stupid enough to actually think he could talk/buy his way out of this. He actually thought there was enough coin in Thedas to convince me to just walk away from Shianni and the others. I took great pleasure in separating his head from his shoulders. I still say decapitating Vaughn is one of the most satisfying kills in the whole game. *Needless to say, Naliea is not a fan of Duncan. She partially blames him for Nelaros dying, not getting to Shianni in time, hell for them getting taken in the first place - he's an experienced fighter, yet did nothing to help them. (I might realize there was a little more to it than that, but as far as she's concerned he didn't care about helping them - instead just wanted to put her through her "test", to hell with who else got hurt in the process.) I was already covered in blood and had no intention of hiding my weapons on the walk back to the Alienage - let anyone that would try to hurt Shianni or the other think twice about doing so. I did make Soris change back into his clothes and leave the crossbow behind at the estate - no sense in both of us getting arrested. I had hoped to get away before the City Guard arrived, or at least turn myself in to spare the others. The Grey Warden had other plans and conscripted me into the Wardens. Da was obviously not happy with my leaving, but I think we both realized I had no choice. Even if I could refuse the Warden, I would be hung if I stayed here. At least by going with him I had a chance of seeing my family again. Da gave me his warmest flannel shirt "to protect against the cold down south" and Alarith gave me an armored vest and an enchanted amulet he had "stored in the back"*. I felt the worst about leaving Shianni, especially now. I know she's tough and will be okay, but I still can't help but feel like I'm abandoning her when she needs me. I took Cahir out of my pack** and told her she "can keep him for now, but I expect him returned when I come back", at least it made her smile. *Alarith is supposed to be a part-time smuggler - of course he would hook his best friend up when she leaves for war. **There's a blurb in the Wiki about Tabris's parents giving her stuffed mabari (Cahir) to Shinanni when Shianni first comes to live with them. I headcanon that the toy trades hands between the two girls over the years, depending on who needs it more for comfort at that particular point in time. Naliea eventually names her real Mabari after the stuffed one. ...and ends his run in Highever. (Naliea was not about to willing enter another nobleman's castle, so she told Duncan she would spend the night in Highever's Alienage. She figured it was her responsibility to tell Nelaros's family about what happened to him. She tried to return the ring, but his parents said that he made it for her and would want her to have it. She kept it to remember him/what he did and to hopefully honor his sacrifice.) After dinner, I went to visit with Father in the great hall and welcome Arl Howe - luckily he didn't bring Thomas with him this time. {Thankfully neither of my parents have seemed to show any interest in pursing an arranged marriage between Thomas and I like Arl Howe seems to keep hinting at. I might have been willing to marry Nathaniel once upon a time*, but have no interest in Thomas.} There was another surprise guest visiting tonight, a Grey Warden by the name of Duncan. Apparently he's here to potentially recruit Ser Gilmore. I hope he does, Ser Gilmore would make an excellent Grey Warden. Duncan went so far as to suggest I would make a promising recruit as well. Father put an end to that conversation quickly, and I have to agree with him. As much as I enjoy my warrior training, I have no wish to become a soldier. On my way to deliver Father's message to Fergus, I ran into Ser Gilmore. Apparently my Mabari, Moira, has done something to upset Nan again. I guess we should go see what mischief she's gotten into this time. She's isn't a mongrel - my noble, purebred Mabari just protected your larder from giant rats thank you very much. {and yes Cousland's mabari is female, named after the Warrior Queen herself.} *She had a crush on Nathaniel back when they were kids. If Howe hadn't sent him away, their parents probably would have arranged their marriage. Also I think in my head Nathaniel is a little younger than he actually is... After settling things with Moira and Nan, I parted ways with Ser Gilmore, wishing him luck with being recruited into the Wardens. I found Mother talking with Lady Landra. As happy as I am that the Arl didn't bring his son with him, I'm even happier that Lady Landra did bring her son with her. Dairren and I have a lot of "catching up" to do and agreed to meet later tonight. Mother informed me that she'll being leaving to visit with Lady Landra in a few days, and with Father and Fergus joining the King's forces in Ostagar, I'll be left in charge of Highever. I just hope I'll be able to do my parents proud. I wish they didn't have to go away, but I realize it is an honor to fight next to the King - and especially not an order they can refuse. I promised Fergus that I would help look after Oren until he got back. Moira's barking woke Dairren and I up sometime in the middle of the night. I've never heard her give that kind of deep growl before and knew something must be wrong. I quickly threw on my nightgown and grabbed my sword while Dairren went to investigate a noise in the hall. I turned toward the door just in time to see an arrow pierce Dairren right in the heart! Moira proved her lineage as a war hound and helped me defeat the soldiers that were attacking me, as well as the ones trying to get into my parent's room. Mother was okay, but we don't know where Father is. We quickly ran next door to Fergus's room, only to find that Howe's men had already butchered Oriana and poor little Oren. I can't believe someone would just kill innocents like that, especially the family of his closest friend! Mother and I quickly changed into our armor and set out to find Father. Hopefully we'll find Howe along the way and make him pay for what he did. We found Ser Gilmore in the great hall, trying to defend the main doors against the bulk of Howe's men. We tried to get him to come with us, but he insisted that his place was defending the castle and urged us to head to the hidden servant's exit in the larder. If Father wasn't with us, that's where he wound be headed. Along the way we grabbed some more weapons and jewels from the vault, including the Cousland family sword - we'll be damned if we left Howe have that trophy as well. Mother and I found Father waiting by the hidden exit, gravely wounded. Apparently the Grey Warden, Duncan, brought him there before going to try and find us. I tried to convince him that he would be okay and we could all escape, but he said he was hurt worse than I was willing to admit and would only slow us down. Mother decided that she would stay with Father and cover my and Duncan's escape as best as she could. I didn't want to leave them and tried to refuse, but Father insisted that I go. That I needed to find Fergus and let him know what happened. I swore that I would do as he wished, join the Grey Wardens and live, and also that I would ensure that Howe payed for all he's done. Now Duncan and his two recruits begin their (rather silent and awkward) journey down to Ostagar.
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Post by Noxluxe on Apr 28, 2019 4:51:56 GMT
Went with Morrigan to the world's most awkward family reunion. The idea that some crazy human witch is part Mythal and now has power over Belavahna is sick and wrong, but that's apparently how it is. Why can't humans just keep their dirty fingers away from other people's history?
Recruited a dragon to the Inquisition's cause and in doing so finally earned the Platinum Trophy for the game on PS4.
Kicked Corywhatshisface's ass. Killed him and took his stuff, as it were. Vivienne had managed to garner enough support behind my back to get herself elected Divine, which is unfortunate and disappointing.
She seems to be doing it right so far, and the Chantry/Templar system appears to work as originally intended under her. But she's such a control freak that one can't help but worry what happens when she faces resistance she can't just outmaneuver or browbeat, and who will play the price. I'd really, really have trusted Cassandra more in that position.
If Anders was still alive Varric would no doubt have loved to throw it in his face that the ultimate consequence of his starting a war for mage freedom and scaring the shit out of everyone about magic is the Chantry having a tighter, more secure and tyrannical hold on mages than ever before, as I predicted all the way back in my first playthrough of DA2. But he isn't, so instead it's just a shame that it came to this.
I really have a hard time understanding why people dump on ME3's ending in comparison. This is about as boring and predictable and vanilla as it gets, same as Andromeda's. The one highlight was when Corywhatshisface taunted Belavahna about carrying around a mark of slavery as if she was proud of it. That stung a bit, and was a nice touch. Villains specifically targeting your character's identity and choices is awesome, and makes the conflict feel a lot more organic.
Only interesting thing, aside from the Divine election, is the Solas stuff. He really is well-written. That conversation after you drink from the Well, if you argue that you'll use whatever power you have to restore order and stability when Corywhatshisface is dead, him suddenly relaxing and taking heart from someone else determined to "restore what was no matter how hard or painful" really feels like an uh-oh moment in retrospect.
Exalted Council is next. Ugh.
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Post by Catilina on Apr 28, 2019 10:45:34 GMT
Went with Morrigan to the world's most awkward family reunion. The idea that some crazy human witch is part Mythal and now has power over Belavahna is sick and wrong, but that's apparently how it is. Why can't humans just keep their dirty fingers away from other people's history?
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Kicked Corywhatshisface's ass. Killed him and took his stuff, as it were. Vivienne had managed to garner enough support behind my back to get herself elected Divine, which is unfortunate and disappointing.
She seems to be doing it right so far, and the Chantry/Templar system appears to work as originally intended under her. But she's such a control freak that one can't help but worry what happens when she faces resistance she can't just outmaneuver or browbeat, and who will play the price. I'd really, really have trusted Cassandra more in that position.
If Anders was still alive Varric would no doubt have loved to throw it in his face that the ultimate consequence of his starting a war for mage freedom and scaring the shit out of everyone about magic is the Chantry having a tighter, more secure and tyrannical hold on mages than ever before, as I predicted all the way back in my first playthrough of DA2. But he isn't, so instead it's just a shame that it came to this. I really have a hard time understanding why people dump on ME3's ending in comparison. This is about as boring and predictable and vanilla as it gets, same as Andromeda's. The one highlight was when Corywhatshisface taunted Belavahna about carrying around a mark of slavery as if she was proud of it. That stung a bit, and was a nice touch. Villains specifically targeting your character's identity and choices is awesome, and makes the conflict feel a lot more organic.
Only interesting thing, aside from the Divine election, is the Solas stuff. He really is well-written. That conversation after you drink from the Well, if you argue that you'll use whatever power you have to restore order and stability when Corywhatshisface is dead, him suddenly relaxing and taking heart from someone else determined to "restore what was no matter how hard or painful" really feels like an uh-oh moment in retrospect.
Exalted Council is next. Ugh. I'm sorry to disappointing you, but the war was started by the Seekers/Templars (Cassandra, Inquisition) for their wounded pride, after Fiona declared the independence. Anders just ignited the spark of the rebellion. Not mentioned, that the Chantry, not Anders scared people about the magic. The war only showed, that the Templars are just as dangerous like the mages, and their goal not to protect people, just hunting the mages – if that was not clear in the eyes of the people so far...
By the way, yes... ~5 years after Anders' act, a mage became a candidate of the Divine election... People are ready for Magister-Divine in Southern-Thedas...
Perhaps, this is weird, but after a world chaos the best chance of the radical changes. The old system's gone. A radical change's welcome.
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Post by Noxluxe on Apr 28, 2019 11:38:35 GMT
Went with Morrigan to the world's most awkward family reunion. The idea that some crazy human witch is part Mythal and now has power over Belavahna is sick and wrong, but that's apparently how it is. Why can't humans just keep their dirty fingers away from other people's history?
Recruited a dragon to the Inquisition's cause and in doing so finally earned the Platinum Trophy for the game on PS4.
Kicked Corywhatshisface's ass. Killed him and took his stuff, as it were. Vivienne had managed to garner enough support behind my back to get herself elected Divine, which is unfortunate and disappointing.
She seems to be doing it right so far, and the Chantry/Templar system appears to work as originally intended under her. But she's such a control freak that one can't help but worry what happens when she faces resistance she can't just outmaneuver or browbeat, and who will play the price. I'd really, really have trusted Cassandra more in that position.
If Anders was still alive Varric would no doubt have loved to throw it in his face that the ultimate consequence of his starting a war for mage freedom and scaring the shit out of everyone about magic is the Chantry having a tighter, more secure and tyrannical hold on mages than ever before, as I predicted all the way back in my first playthrough of DA2. But he isn't, so instead it's just a shame that it came to this. I really have a hard time understanding why people dump on ME3's ending in comparison. This is about as boring and predictable and vanilla as it gets, same as Andromeda's. The one highlight was when Corywhatshisface taunted Belavahna about carrying around a mark of slavery as if she was proud of it. That stung a bit, and was a nice touch. Villains specifically targeting your character's identity and choices is awesome, and makes the conflict feel a lot more organic.
Only interesting thing, aside from the Divine election, is the Solas stuff. He really is well-written. That conversation after you drink from the Well, if you argue that you'll use whatever power you have to restore order and stability when Corywhatshisface is dead, him suddenly relaxing and taking heart from someone else determined to "restore what was no matter how hard or painful" really feels like an uh-oh moment in retrospect.
Exalted Council is next. Ugh. I'm sorry to disappointing you, but the war was started by the Seekers/Templars (Cassandra, Inquisition) for their wounded pride, after Fiona declared the independence. Anders just ignited the spark of the rebellion. Not mentioned, that the Chantry, not Anders scared people about the magic. The war only showed, that the Templars are just as dangerous like the mages, and their goal not to protect people, just hunting the mages – if that was not clear in the eyes of the people so far...
By the way, yes... ~5 years after Anders' act, a mage became a candidate of the Divine election... People are ready for Magister-Divine in Southern-Thedas...
Perhaps, this is weird, but after a world chaos the best chance of the radical changes. The old system's gone. A radical change's welcome.
Bombing a church isn't a "spark", it's a bomb. I get that you rationalize everything to be the Chantry's own fault, but Anders absolutely started the war and did it intentionally, and the mage-Divine in question is a power-hungry bitch who is eagerly throwing her kind under the bus to great acclaim with the general populace, and she got there specifically by doing so. And her position is tenuous going forward, leaving the door open to the world being thrown back into chaos and an even harsher crackdown on mages. Just because Cassandra is more willing to take responsibility than the average mage doesn't change the reality of what happened. And besides, this thread is about our playthroughs and our characters' views. Your contrary opinion isn't relevant as a commentary on mine. Talk about your own experiences of the games.
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Post by Catilina on Apr 28, 2019 11:53:05 GMT
I'm sorry to disappointing you, but the war was started by the Seekers/Templars (Cassandra, Inquisition) for their wounded pride, after Fiona declared the independence. Anders just ignited the spark of the rebellion. Not mentioned, that the Chantry, not Anders scared people about the magic. The war only showed, that the Templars are just as dangerous like the mages, and their goal not to protect people, just hunting the mages – if that was not clear in the eyes of the people so far...
By the way, yes... ~5 years after Anders' act, a mage became a candidate of the Divine election... People are ready for Magister-Divine in Southern-Thedas...
Perhaps, this is weird, but after a world chaos the best chance of the radical changes. The old system's gone. A radical change's welcome.
Bombing a church isn't a "spark", it's a bomb. I get that you rationalize everything to be the Chantry's own fault, but Anders absolutely started the war and did it intentionally, and the mage-Divine in question is a power-hungry bitch who is eagerly throwing her kind under the bus to great acclaim with the general populace, and she got there specifically by doing so. And her position is tenuous going forward, leaving the door open to the world being thrown back into chaos and an even harsher crackdown on mages. Just because Cassandra is more willing to take responsibility than the average mage doesn't change the reality of what happened. And besides, this thread is about our playthroughs and our characters' views. Your contrary opinion isn't relevant as a commentary on mine. Talk about your own experiences of the games. I didn't say, it was a little spark. This was a big, spectacular one! (He's not just one of Thedas strongest mages, but even the best demolition expert...! A genius, ofc!)
Anders intentionally started the rebellion. Yes. Nothing wrong with it. But Cassandra said herself, that the war started by the Seekers (and the Templars followed the Seekers). This was her reason to leave them. This isn't just about she's "more willing to take the responsibility" – that is the part of the lore. The Seekers and the Templars started the war. They would be able just let the mages be free, after Fiona declared the independence, and to protect the people (not that was their original duty? – I ask naively), but they just started to hunt the mages and non-mages, who were suspicious, they help to the mages.
I agree about Vivienne. (Leliana's the best choice – inspired or steeled not really matter, while I prefer inspired, for her.) I just said, that the Southern ready for a Magister-Divine...
(Your character knows the ME3's end, for example? You spoke about your view, and I spoke about mine. And I also spoke about the facts, in the Seekers/Templars' case.)
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Post by Noxluxe on Apr 28, 2019 12:16:58 GMT
I didn't say, it was a little spark. This was a big, spectacular one! (He's not just one of Thedas strongest mages, but even the best demolition expert...! A genius, ofc!) Anders intentionally started the rebellion. Yes. Nothing wrong with it. But Cassandra said herself, that the war started by the Seekers (and the Templars followed the Seekers). This was her reason to leave them. This isn't just about she's "more willing to take the responsibility" – that is the part of the lore. The Seekers and the Templars started the war. They would be able just let the mages be free, after Fiona declared the independence, and to protect the people, but they just started to hunt the mages and non-mages, who were suspicious, they help to the mages. I agree about Vivienne. I just said, that the Southern ready for a Magister-Divine... I'll never agree with your... stance... on Anders and his actions. It's just too out there. Discussing it is obviously pointless by now, much less here in this thread. Cassandra blaming herself and the Seekers for the war is just her blaming herself and the Seekers for the war. It's her opinion and how she feels about it, not lore. That's ridiculous. The Council of Clerics were prepared to allow a mage to become Divine specifically because she was going to put the mages back in their cages, and whatever else she promised them to get herself elected. And they're religious leaders, not democratic representatives accountable to the public. In no sense do they represent the average Thedasian, who had no say whatsoever in who became Divine, likely still has no idea that she's a mage, and most certainly isn't "ready" for it. You really do stretch things to fit that rosy view. Again, your opinions about how my characters think and see the world is completely irrelevant in this context. Save it for another thread. I'm not making another post arguing with you.
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Post by Catilina on Apr 28, 2019 12:47:19 GMT
I didn't say, it was a little spark. This was a big, spectacular one! (He's not just one of Thedas strongest mages, but even the best demolition expert...! A genius, ofc!) Anders intentionally started the rebellion. Yes. Nothing wrong with it. But Cassandra said herself, that the war started by the Seekers (and the Templars followed the Seekers). This was her reason to leave them. This isn't just about she's "more willing to take the responsibility" – that is the part of the lore. The Seekers and the Templars started the war. They would be able just let the mages be free, after Fiona declared the independence, and to protect the people, but they just started to hunt the mages and non-mages, who were suspicious, they help to the mages. I agree about Vivienne. I just said, that the Southern ready for a Magister-Divine... I'll never agree with your... stance... on Anders and his actions. It's just too out there. Discussing it is obviously pointless by now, much less here in this thread. Cassandra blaming herself and the Seekers for the war is just her blaming herself and the Seekers for the war. It's her opinion and how she feels about it, not lore. That's ridiculous. The Council of Clerics were prepared to allow a mage to become Divine specifically because she was going to put the mages back in their cages, and whatever else she promised them to get herself elected. And they're religious leaders, not democratic representatives accountable to the public. In no sense do they represent the average Thedasian, who had no say whatsoever in who became Divine, likely still has no idea that she's a mage, and most certainly isn't "ready" for it. You really do stretch things to fit that rosy view. Again, your opinions about how my characters think and see the world is completely irrelevant in this context. Save it for another thread. I'm not making another post arguing with you. Of course you not agree about Anders, and I don't want to convince you, it would be waste of time.
But about Cassandra: you should see, what the Seekers and the Templars did – this isn't about that she blamed herself. She's not. She's blamed the Seekers, and did it with reason. He blamed herself and the Seekers about what happened in the Kirkwall Circle... and she was also right about it. But this is another thing – while obviously added to their sins. Don't get me wrong: I wouldn't have any problem, if Anders would start that war – if it would be the truth.
You right about Vivienne (again), but this fact doesn't ignore the fact, that she's a mage. And normally, before the chaos, the Chantry wouldn't accept a mage, whatever she promises. About the people of Thedas, you also right. The Chantry doesn't care about people – people believe what the Chantry says.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2019 15:06:16 GMT
Game update. After turning off everything I possibly can, including going offline, the game sped up to a relatively decent level. I suppose if I really want I can play, though, it still lags buckets. It's also set in high mode, though, I doubt bringing it to low will make much difference aside make it look worse since the problem is clearly elsewhere.
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Post by Iddy on Apr 28, 2019 16:46:03 GMT
In my world state, the Warden romanced Morrigan and had a normal kid.
So, I was in Skyhold's tavern when two npcs started talking about Kieran. Unfortunately, my English hearing skills suck and I mostly rely on subtitles, which kept being interrupted by other ambient dialogue.
All I got was something about Kieran being well educated, his father being a Grey Warden, how surprising it is that one could conceive a child and that some people fetishize Grey Wardens.
If anyone knows the full dialogue and could show me, I'd appreciate it.
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Post by colfoley on Apr 29, 2019 2:41:41 GMT
Soooo got distracted by baseball but was able to jump on and do all the stuff before Here Lies the Abyss and also Here Lies the Abyss...but I forgot to make a unique save before starting the mission mother fecking frak frell vishantae Kaffas! *beeeeep*
*ahem*
I've actually been having a blast with the game today. Things seem to be coming together for me and well I have been being able to do a lot of damage with my weapons now. I actually added two more to the list. Cole now has a new dagger which gives him unbowed and Sera now as that nice Elven Bow with focus for enemies nearby. Which...is pretty friggin awesome.
It did occur to me though while playing through Abyss though that if the 'Divine' just was a spirit of Faith well a lot of Faith is...unreasoning? I feel like that's a bad word choice but its the only one Ive got. Taken on...well faith and mystery. So 'the Divine' had to keep things mysterious in order to have people have faith in her...to make her more powerful? I am not sure of 'her' motivation here but then it is also interesting that the Nightmare fed of fear in a similar manner.
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Post by Iddy on Apr 29, 2019 12:22:30 GMT
Went with Morrigan to the world's most awkward family reunion. The idea that some crazy human witch is part Mythal and now has power over Belavahna is sick and wrong, but that's apparently how it is. Why can't humans just keep their dirty fingers away from other people's history? To be fair, Mythal approached Flemeth first.
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Post by Noxluxe on Apr 29, 2019 13:19:06 GMT
Went with Morrigan to the world's most awkward family reunion. The idea that some crazy human witch is part Mythal and now has power over Belavahna is sick and wrong, but that's apparently how it is. Why can't humans just keep their dirty fingers away from other people's history? To be fair, Mythal approached Flemeth first. Most likely. Whoever Flemeth was before Mythal, she probably wasn't capable of summoning dead elven gods. But my Inquisitor only has her word to go on, and is fairly distrustful of shemlen and distraught about how the whole thing has turned out, and Flemeth's human self is the only person she has to blame besides herself.
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